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regain their mental health. Furthermore, psychiatric nurses are also therapists and counselors. They can become licensed to do individual, marriage, and family therapy. However, they have degrees in nursing, so they are able to prescribe medication if needed. Social workers and psychologists cannot. Before treating these illnesses, the…

include classes on fitting lens and vision prosthetics. An optometrist needs 4 years in optometry school. * years of education required depending on how fast you work. Most people just go to a class for it. They take it for a certain time. Classes needed to become an optometrist are to take plenty of math and science classes, including, AP courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and…

diagnosed with anemia due to genetics should not take more iron than needed. Too much iron in one 's bloodstream is not necessarily a good thing. Since people genetically affected experience a mild form of anemia the dosages should be monitored. Overdosage may put them at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancers. Anemia can be caused…

The number of incarcerated inmates who suffer from some form of mental illness is at a rise. There is a wide range of questions about the treatment of the mentally ill in the justice system and wether prisons are a suitable place for the mentally ill. When a person commits a crime or breaks the law, they are usually taken into custody and sent to jail or prison without being evaluated properly. Instead of being sent to a hospital or a mental health facility to receive the proper treatments,…

discover that although cancer survivors had doubled within the last 40 years, the number of patients/cases for chemotherapy had doubled since last year. However, this was due to the sheer number of cancer cases/patients/survivors who were living longer than expected but were still receiving treatment over time. This taught me about the rising need for more cancer practitioners to meet the demands of the rising number of cancer cases.…

the only pet in the house so gets little socialisation. Her owner admits he probably doesn’t give her the amount of attention she needs. The sit command would get her to; be calm, stay when needed and is an alternative to jumping and meowing when she wants something. The training could offer some much-needed enrichment, socialisation and be a short-term cure for boredom. She has had…

December 2nd as smooth as possible for the kids. We set a goal for ourselves to make $1,200 to donate to the Children Recovery Center. We planned out fundraisers and did a book drive. We made Christmas cards and posters for the kids. We also baked treats for the staff to say Thank You. All the money we got from the fundraisers was about $900 and we used that money to buy the Children Recovery Center 4 chairs for the kids. My role in the service project…

practice. There are many things to know about nurse practitioners such as the difference between a nurse and a nurse practitioner, what they do, benefits to being a nurse practitioner, how long the schooling process is, and the best courses of education needed. One may ask one’s self “what’s the difference between being a nurse and being a nurse practitioner?” Well Registered nurses…

the test discovers there are additional issues that need to be treated and more test then need to be run and more operations need to happen to prolong one’s life, and the vicious cycle begins for each new patient and in which disease do you treat to do you treat? These multiple test and surgeries will cause additional emotional cost to not only the patient and their family but also a financial cost to Medicare and possibly Medicaid. With so many surgeries there is a likely hood that the patient…

medicines that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites. The term antibiotics comes from the Greek terms “anti” (which means “against”) and “bios” (which means “life”) While our scientific knowledge of antibiotics has only recently been developed, the practical application of antibiotics has existed for centuries. Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mold, plants and extracts to treat infections. The first…